1885 Providence Grays season

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1885  Providence Grays
League National League
Ballpark Messer Street Grounds
City Providence, Rhode Island
OwnerC. T. Gardner
Manager Frank Bancroft
  1884

After the team's success in 1884, things went downhill for the 1885 Providence Grays . The team dropped in the standings, finishing 30 games back in fourth place and attendance fell drastically. After the season, the club's directors sold all the remaining players to the Boston Beaneaters and folded the team.

Contents

Regular season

Manager Frank Bancroft Frank Carter Bancroft.jpg
Manager Frank Bancroft

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Stockings 8725.77742144511
New York Giants 8527.759251103417
Philadelphia Quakers 5654.5093029262728
Providence Grays 5357.4823331202237
Boston Beaneaters 4666.4114124342232
Detroit Wolverines 4167.3804429231244
Buffalo Bisons 3874.3394919341940
St. Louis Maroons 3672.3334923331339

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBSNBUFCHIDETNYGPHIPROSLM
Boston 10–62–147–93–137–99–78–8–1
Buffalo 6–100–1611–51–155–113–1312–4
Chicago 14–216–015–16–1011–511–514–2–1
Detroit 9–75–111–154–127–96–99–4
New York 13–315–110–612–411–512–412–4
Philadelphia 9–711–55–119–75–118–79–6–1
Providence 7–913–35–119–64–127–88–8
St. Louis 8–8–14–122–14–14–94–126–9–18–8

Roster

1885 Providence Grays
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Barney Gilligan 7125254.214012
1B Joe Start 101374103.275041
2B Jack Farrell 6825753.206119
SS Arthur Irwin 5921839.179014
3B Jerry Denny 8331871.223324
OF Paul Radford 10537190.243032
OF Cliff Carroll 10442699.232140
OF Paul Hines 98411111.270135

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Charley Bassett 8228541.144016
Con Daily 6022358.260019
Lon Knight 258113.16008
Tim Manning 10352.05700
Denny Lyons 4162.12501
Wyman Andrus 140.00000
Mike Hines 130.00000
Ed Crane 120.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Charles Radbourn 49445.228212.20154
Dupee Shaw 49399.223262.57194
Jim McCormick 437.0132.438
Edgar Smith 19.0101.001
Charlie Hallstrom 19.00111.000
John Ward 18.0014.503
Sam Kimber 18.00111.254
John Foley 18.0014.502
Bill Stellberger 18.0017.880

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Paul Radford 318.1027.853

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Ed Seward 10000.001
Lon Knight 10006.751

References